Mayor Lisa Helps Join Club members and friends for lunch at the Hotel Grand Pacific and a talk by City of Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps on Wednesday, June 22. Mayor Helps was elected as a Councillor in 2011 and has served as Mayor since 2014. In her talk, ‘Looking Back and Looking Ahead – … Continue reading Looking Back and Looking Ahead – Eight Years in Review
With his life time of dedication and achievements working on Indigenous issues in BC and Canada, Murray Rankin is one of our foremost personalities to speak on the subject of reconciliation and what it will mean to British Columbia
Kathy Stinson will speak on Cool Aid Services including medical outreach to the unhoused Everyone deserves a home
Dr. Ed Nissen will speak on Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazards. They are amongst the most devastating of natural hazards, and while they are impossible to predict, seismologists are making great strides in anticipating their locations, frequencies, and magnitudes. In this presentation, he will discuss the unique tectonic setting of Vancouver Island and describe the three particular types … Continue reading Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazards of Coastal BC
This 109th year of this Canadian Club’s tradition celebrates the occasion to launch your festive holiday season with family and friends in the historic Crystal Ball Room and with Seasonal Entertainment
Dr. Kevin Hall will speak on the rapid social, economic, environmental and technological change require imaginative thinking and productive partnerships
The first results from the James Webb Space Telescope are already revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe and our place within it, revealing the youngest stars, the oldest galaxies, and water in the atmospheres of distant worlds. Canadians are playing a key role in leading these efforts, and much of this work is happening right … Continue reading The Future of Canadian Space Astronomy
Depressed about the environmental disaster currently rocking our world? Unsure about what to do when climate change is only growing worse? Fearful of what the future might look like with so many world powers refusing to acknowledge the issues at hand? Solutions for a Wounded Planet has the answers. With a comprehensive look at both … Continue reading Solutions for a Wounded Planet
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Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, Canada's non-profit foundation committed to independent research, will be speaking to the Club
